Crypto Crime Escalates With Kidnappings, Cons and Human Coercion May 21, 2026 By Suvashree Ghosh and Isabelle Lee After a year of kidnappings, assaults and armed home invasions targeting cryptocurrency holders, the industry is racing to harden its...
Crypto Money-Laundering Hit $82 Billion in 2025, Researchers Say January 30, 2026 By Elizabeth Howcroft Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in...
Crypto Traders Seek Out Extra Security as Kidnappings Rise December 11, 2025 By Olivia Solon To maintain an edge in the volatile, non-stop world of cryptocurrency trading, it helps to be chronically online. Telegram, Discord...
MIT Grad Brothers Fraud Jury Unable to Reach a Verdict November 10, 2025 By Miles J. Herszenhorn and Chris Dolmetsch A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the fraud trial of two brothers, both recently graduated from the...
North Korean Hackers Used ChatGPT to Help Forge Deepfake ID September 15, 2025 By Jane Lanhee Lee A suspected North Korean state-sponsored hacking group used ChatGPT to create a deepfake of a military ID document to attack...
Global Financial Crime Watchdog Calls for Action on Crypto Risks June 27, 2025 By Elizabeth Howcroft The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, on Thursday called on countries to take stronger action...
Crypto Crime Spills Over From Behind the Screen to Real-Life Violence June 4, 2025 By Dave Collins A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom...
Bybit Hit by Crypto’s Worst Hack With Almost $1.5 Billion Stolen February 24, 2025 By Emily Nicolle, Muyao Shen and Olga Kharif Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth...
Losses From Crypto Hacks Jump to $2.2B in 2024, Report Says December 23, 2024 Funds stolen by hacking cryptocurrency platforms surged 21% from a year ago to $2.2 billion in 2024, a report from...
Homeowners Insurance Does Not Cover Cryptocurrency Theft, 4th Circuit Affirms October 29, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has affirmed that a homeowners insurance policy does not cover the theft of cryptocurrency because the...